A/N: I'm not dead! And I come bearing multiple wonderous Reno/Cloudness. This is a random little high school one-shot. Have fun.

Notes

It was written on plain notebook paper torn out of a book, with a few math problems scribbled on the back. Sex simple words made up the entirety of the note, but they made Reno's heart beat with excitement. 'Will you go out with me?' written in hurried, messy handwriting. It had been folded in half and taped to his locker, with his name on the outside the redhead knew it was for him. As the last few students trickled out of the hallway, Reno beamed with anticipation for the request. The only problem was…who had written it?

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Cloud Strife suddenly stopped halfway through the student parking lot, dropping Tifa's book which he had been holding while the girl searched for her car keys.

"Shit." The two looked at each other, Tifa coming to a stop as well. "I forgot to put my name." The blond had spent weeks composing the perfect confession. He had written poems, page long love letters, even thought about making a cake and writing the words in frosting. In the end he had ripped a sheet out of his notebook and written it plain and simple. Tifa gave him a blank look which soon turned to pain as she bit her lip to keep from laughing. "Shit," the blond repeated."

"You have to go back."

"No way. He's probably already left anyway." They argued about it until a car honked for them to get out of the road. "Let's just go."

"Fine, but don't blame me when he thinks he has a stalker."

The end of the next day brought another note taped to Reno's locker. He grinned, glad in being able to predict it's appearance. He ripped it off and read it as the crowd of students brushed past him. 'I probably should have put my name of something, sorry. But yah, it's me.'

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"So you left him another note?"

"Yes."

"And you remembered to put your name?"

"…yes."

"Are you sure?" Cloud stopped, hi hand on the car door as he reread the second note mentally.

"Shit!" As the blond hit his head on the car door repeatedly, Tifa's cell phone rang.'

"Ohmigod, Aries, guess what he did now!"

"Don't tell her!"

Rude was a bit worried when his friend was so anxious to get to his locker the next day. The redhead showed him the notes.

"I have a stalker!"

"Sounds like an airhead. If you ever find out who it is, you two will already have a lot in common."

"Shut up, you. I think somebody's just trying to mess with me." They turned the corner and after a couple of book bags shifted the redhead's locker came into view. A piece of white notebook paper stood out against the blue-painted locker. Right before they reached it, though, a hand reached out and snatched the note.

"Oooh, what's this?"

"None of your business, Hojo, now give it here!"

"I don't like your tone, maybe I'll keep it."

"Why you--" Zack appeared then, suddenly in-between the hot-blooded redhead and the science geek who dared get in his way.

"Whoa, now, what's going on here?"

"Give it here or I'll beat your face in, ya nerd!"

"Threats will only get you suspended again, Reno." Zack looked back and forth between them, Rude standing idly by ready to hold Reno back or assist the redhead as the situation called for.

"Hojo, whatever you have of his, just give it back." The bespectacled boy was holding the note above his head, and it was suddenly jerked from his grasp. But his grip was strong and it tore, much to Reno's dismay. The redhead looked from the half-a-not in Hojo's hand, to the half that Vincent had snagged.

"That worked out better in my head. Sorry, Reno."

"Vincent, you ass, just give it here!" The dark haired boy handed over the paper and continued on his way. All eyes turned to Hojo, who much to everyone's disbelief, stuffed his half into his mouth and ran down the hall.

"I always thought he was on drugs…"

"You asshat I'm going to beat the living shit out of you!" Seething, the redhead unfolded the surviving portion of the note. It was blank, save for one part of a letter that taunted him, hinting at the information that was now lost to Hojo's stomach. Rude and Zack peeked over his shoulder.

"All of that for this, Reno?"

"Goddamnit! The rest of the name must be on the other half! Fuckin' a!"

"Looks like a 'D'," Zack commented.

"No, it's an 'O'," Rude disagreed.

"Or maybe a 'C'." Reno threw the paper over his shoulder and stomped off, muttering death threats under his breath.

"So, did you talk to him today?"

"…no."

"Cloud!"

"He looked really angry in English…and I didn't see him at all after lunch…" Tifa sighed, rubbing her temples. Sometimes she wondered about Cloud.

"Rude said he got ISS. Something bout strangling Hojo with his own jacket." Cloud nodded, lost in his own thoughts. He didn't even realize they were not headed to the parking lot until he looked up and saw red hair ten feet down the hall.

"No." The blond started to turn but was stopped by Tifa forcibly turning him towards, then pushing him into the redhead. Cloud swallowed a lump in his throat; Reno looked pissed.

"I'm sorry," the blond blurted out.

"For what?"

"You look angry…"

"Yah, cause Hojo's a fucking bastard! And I still don't know who the fuck is stalking me!" Reno held up the notes as evidence. Cloud blushed.

Then several thing where noticed by several people at once.

Cloud noticed that Tifa, Rude, Zack, and Vincent where all still in the hallway, watching him and Reno. He shifted uneasily.

Tifa noticed that while she would never understand what her best friend saw in the obnoxious redhead, they made a pretty cute pair. She smiled softly to herself.

Rude noticed that Tifa's eyes kept flickering from watching Reno and Cloud, to watching himself. Their eyes met briefly and he looked away, suddenly nervous.

Zack noticed that Reno's hair clashed horribly with the blue of the school lockers. He wasn't really sure why he noticed this, so instead he counted the number of lockers with graffiti on them.

Vincent noticed that Cloud's hair really did seem to defy gravity. He crossed his arms, impatient for this scenario to be over so he could leave.

Sephiroth noticed that the practice dummy he had been stabbing repeatedly was completely destroyed. He sighed, putting away his sword and making a mental note to request stronger dummies.

Hojo was still passed out in the nurses office and noticed nothing.

And Reno noticed Cloud was blushing. He grinned, watching the blond. Having everybody watching him, and Reno smirking at him in that way, Cloud was overcome by stage fright and blurted out the first thing that would get him out of the awkward situation.

"I think my mom's calling me." Zack groaned, Tifa slapped her palm against her forehead, and Rude sighed heavily. Vincent wasn't paying attention, distracted by how the My Little Pony theme song had gotten stuck in his head.

"Cloud, you are such a retard!" Before the blond could respond and/or run away, Reno had grabbed the front of his shirt and yanked him, crushing their lips together. By the time the two had separated, slighty out of breath, the hallway had emptied. A dreamy smile came across Cloud's face. Reno smirked back.

"Stalker."

"I'm not a very good one, am I?"

"Nope, you're a retard." Cloud frowned a little and Reno kissed him again. "But that's okay. It gives us something in common."